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At least eight people were killed while 15 others were injured when a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in Azad Pattan area of Azad Kashmir in Sudhnoti district, on early Monday May 9, police sources said.

According to a private television channel report, the ill fated bus was heading for Rawalpindi from Thorar. Rescue teams reached the spot and shifted the injured to hospitals with the assistance of local population reports added.

Another report says; at least seven people killed and several others have sustained injuries when a passenger bus fell into a ditch near Azad Patten of district Sudhnoti in AJK on Monday morning.

According to details, the injured were shifted to Sheikh Zahid hospital Rawalakot.The persons who died in the accident were identified as Ghafzanar Shifi, Muhammad Shafat,Ishtique, Khrsheed Khan, Ifkthar, Mahmood and Saleem.The local police have registered a case and investigation is underway.